Jurgen Klopp may retain Xherdan Shaqiri this summer - despite the midfielder being tipped to leave when the transfer window finally opens.
The Liverpool boss looked certain to sell the Switzerland international - with Harry Wilson and Marko Grujic also in danger of being sold - in a few weeks time.
But according to The Athletic, Liverpool may not get the money they were hoping for Shaqiri, due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning retaining his services for another season may be the better option.
The update comes after Shaqiri was told he is "not a champion" by Arno Rossini - a manager back in his native Switzerland - because the midfielder only featured six times for Liverpool this season.
"Xherdan is not a champion," Rossini told Tio. "We certainly cannot say that he left his mark with the teams with which he won.
"Not with the big guys at least. He was the protagonist in Basel, certainly not at Bayern or Liverpool.
"Let's say that over the years he has often followed the games of his teams as a spectator, sitting in the best places. And millions have also been paid for it.
"This, taking everything into account, makes me think that the Swiss is not one who always gives his best.
"If not as owner, at least one important reserve role, from first choice on the bench, [he] would otherwise have managed to carve it [a place in the team] out. Instead nothing. Only the crumbs, for a disheartening situation.
"Of course, Xherdan is filling the bulletin board and seeing his bank account grow dramatically; I don't know how many, in ten years, will remember him thinking about the great teams in which he has played."
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